Fastener for file-binders.



J. NIEBLING.

\FASTENER FOR FILE BINDERS.

APPLICAIHJN FILED APR. 26. 191?.

Patented (1111104, 1918 5 Wvewfoz novel construction,

JGSEJPH NIEBLKNG, 0F 'WQODCLIEF LAKE, NEW J'EESE-.

FUR- IILE-BINDERS.

e issions aiea A ril as, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be'it known that l, losnrn Nmemno, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Woodelitf Lake. in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey. have invented certain new and useful improvements in Fas tenors for File-Binders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates, generally. to that. class of binders wherein the papers to be. filed, whether printed, typewritten, manu- Script, or plain blank sheets, are placed between two covers united by an expansible backing, and are maintained in position therein by hinged strips, respectively attached to the'opposite covers and secured to the corresponding sides of the papers at the inner edges. In a more restricted sense, the invention has reference to the means employed for fastening the papers intermediately of the hinged strips. l

A The main object of the invention is the provision of means enabling a fastener of the class mentioned to be used in reverse or changed positions, so that it can accommodate' itself to paper sheets of different lengths, thereby rendering the binder available for filing papers, of diverse sorts, the sizes of which may vary to a desirable extent, longitudinally and transversely, within the binders dimensions.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent as the specification proceeds. v With the aforesaid objects in view, the invention consists of the improvements,

arrangements and combinations of parts hereinafter described, defined in the subioined claims and illustrated in their preferred embodiments by the annexed drawings, wherein like elements are designated by the same reference characters throughout the diii'erent views.

In the said drawingsz- Figure l is a broken plan view of a binder provided with a. pair offasteners made in accordance with the invention. the upper fastener being shown as partly applied, whilethe lower fastener appears as already fixed in position;

Fig. IT is a front edge view of the same, excepting the lower part of the binder. which is sectioned along the line 22 of Fig. I. looking rearward as pointed out by the arrows pertaining to this section line;

Fig. HI is a transverse section on the line ipeelfie'etion ct Letters Patent.

Serial no. 164,691.

33,of Fig. l, lOULUDg' up in the direct-ion indicated by the middle arrows; and

Fig. IV is a fragmentary bottom plan view, showing the'underside of the fastener.

Patented June at,

to be spaced apart to a greater or less extent 1n goportion to the size of the file of papers. as placed between the same. A pair of flaps or strips l3 and E is also attached, at or near the said edge. to both the covers and their said backing. the connection therewith being made flexible so that the said flaps or strips will operate as a pair of hinges adapted respectively to lap over the opposite sides of the papers. 'at their inner margins thereof. when they are inserted in the binder or file. These parts are of known construction and not claimed herein. save in so far as they enter into legitimate combination with the several coacting elements of the improved fastener disclosed in the present application.

OVerlying-the top hinge strip D. is a plate 1]. which by preference is made to extend transversely for the full width thereof. and is of sufficient length to assistin providing suitable bearing surfaces for parts of a certain binding element hereinafter described. This plate is conveniently secured to the strip D, by means of eyelets as 12. 13.

A'hook-shaped member 16 is formed integral with the said plate ILthe free end and sides of this member being cut out and bent up from the middle portion of the plate. Preferably and as shown, the said free end is brought. to a point 17, which is turned up also relatively to the member and directed toward the rear edge of the plate. crosswise of the strip D. The fixed end of the member is somewhat broader and remains connected to the plate on a line par allel with the. outer edge of the hinge-strip to which it is anchored.

To the other hinge strip E. and preferably on the under side thereof. is attached a llexible impaler QLdesignod to pass through registering perforations in the file papers. and constituting the binding element therefor previously mentioned. As shown in Figs. ll and TV. the binding impaler 21 has an annular base 22, adapted to receive an m in eyelef' 93, and to he held thereh v to the i'lrzp E. The connect-ion loose lnri ween he base owl the eyvlei so l at the impnier is pivotnlly :nt'nci'lerl Lo the lnirer named; strip and may be turned l hemnnalor loworri either end of ihe' lile. ALQOIWlillQ' also lo the preferred mocle of coinstrnetion. the piuiitnl nttnolnnenl of (he impoler to the :jirip is: effected iii n point in. substantial nlinvnmii; with the central opening lol l: in iho plnle 11 by cutting out therefrom the before (lescrihod hook-shaped member 16.

Normally it intended that ihe binding inipnler 21 should run filfil, cmtwordly end- Wiso oi the file, from 'hepiun'" eyelet to on aperture 24, in the hinge-ship E, which aperture loenlecl cliroetiy opposil'e tho before mentioned ey...e't 12, that SQTVITS to anchor the outer end of the plots 11, upon the hinge-strip The aperture 24- nncl eyolet constitute nlinerl bearings through which the frog portions oi" the irnpnlor can be sncoe ively passed and bent upwnrcl and inward, illustrated in the lower half of H and the corresponding half oi Fig. I. It will he noteci that, such portion of tho impzi-ler as runs between these alined horn? ing's is thereby hold straight and maintnino in i'llfltcondition while passing through. the interposed papers. From the eyelet '12 the impale: is made to run inwardly along the plate 1.1, and caused :o engage the hook shaped member 16, the function oi. which is to act n reininor for the free encl of the impnler, as'will ho unclerstoml. Thence tho binding impnler may extend above the other nnehoring" eyelet 1.3, to and beyond the inner end of ihe plate 11, its length depending upon the number oi papers, slieets or thickness of file for which ii; provided.

Being pivolinlly connected with the hinggestrip E. tho nforosnicl impnler 21 can ho turned oi first in 'nwlly enclwiso of thefile, if clesirecl as indicntml by dot-zinvil-clnsh lines in the upper half of Fig. II. Ir snob a coma lilm binding in'ipnler is arranged to run from he pivot: 23 to another :portnre 27, in the hingrrstri ture is sitnnl'ell opposite the inner nnohorinp; eyelol; 155 ol' the plate 11 on tho hinge-strip I). and forum therewith n seoontl. pair of zilineil henrings for thoi roo portions oii' cho impn i lnrvii'ig noon panned tlnongl: ixl. pair 0i hearings; and The intervening paper sheoin, as: roprosenied h iho (lot-nod l lines in the Said upper hall or l i cg. free ol'lfl oi ho Impaler will then he ii outwardly einl'wiso of illo lilo. in :i tion opposite to that l'ollon'ml For tho no? nml. nmplicnliion of tho im mlm: no ixoifio'n described. The engl'ngon'ieoli oi the free onri of tho impnler with the ro'miningr ilOfilfishaped i'nmnlwr H3 will he similnr lollmfi in the olher onso, IiTllUilgl} m'i'erled also in n. 1 verse direction. l rom the momher l6 :Llw

E, which latter npoir woman foolscnp may be utilized for oopieo of letters and invoices oi Similarly rz-zciiilceri i'linnensio merely by reveming from normal position either one or horh oi Lhe impnlers perioining to the hinders l ns noners.

if: will he noted that the binding element;- or spoeificnlly the hincling impnler, herein descriheii and illustrated is so applied that it provides confining members of equal latangl'hs on he opposite ouner faces of hot-h tho hinge-strips whichever way the said ele mom: or impaler is turned. Those confining momherseause an even embrace of the hingesirips Upon the opposite sides oi the file papers, the inner edges which serves to keep the file in a on and firmeoniiition. To assist in producing this closimhle con dition impnler is profemhiy of tough and pliable metal, vin the form of a1 long iblnie or tongue, exempli'iotl in tho drawing," hereto annexed. Th sgnnmetri Cally disposed anchors nmi bearings 12, 13, 24, 2'? in the hingeofirips through which the irnpnler i'fllffl up all stress that the benrls thereof might otherwise tho papers placed in the filo, and the opposiiely located pivot 23 the portions of tho irnpziier in eqnilmiise- [it the some time, as the free enl of the impaler is nnattncinwjl to the reininer. it forms a supple trio which yields and gradually re celes in proportion as the file heconoes expanded, and vice verso if advances in like ratio if the volume 01. the filo be iiiminisheel. li hiie a corioii'i preforred emhoriinient of this device has; been shown nncl desorihei'l, ih will he nrnlersrtoocl that ohnnggos in ihe form, vrrnngonionts, proportions nnri io'inils'; ;heroof may he mziaio "without flep m'fmg :inod hy the no'gnamieii claims Waving Clooerihwl my inven cion rip ii'o 21o soonro by llotlers l nizem. onri olnim assi. T e combination illikfiii' sizri hon f olinr'ri :1 pro :v n ono owin .,,i-,izre{ iEii-l or inros nml ii iii, 'ilo impn pivoin and retainer 16 maintainfrom the scope of the invention ioweeps? pivotally attached to one of seitl strips in such e manner as to permitit to traverse either pair of seici openings, snide retainer on the other strip edepteo to engage the enei of said iznpeler after it is drawn 1 from either of the openings.

The combination with binding hinge strips having a plurality of apertures provided in the some, of an anchor on one of said strips located interzneclietely of said apertures, a pliable impaler journeled to said anchor 1n position to enter one of the apertures at either side thereof, an& a re 1 miner on the other strip capable f engagement with the free end of said impale-r coming in either direction, 7

The combination with binding hinge strips, of a plate partly covering one of said strips exteriorly thereof and formedi anchor so as to permit it to traverse either one of the openings and thence to engage said retainer while reclining over the plate from either end of the latter.

Signed at the borough of Manhattan in the county, city and State of New York this 24th day of April, 1917.

JOSEPH N IEBLIN Gr.

Witnesses:

H. C. Knmnon JOHN STEGE. 

